The business became aware of the problem after an internal review of their finances.

"Some dollar amounts that didn't add up, some money was missing. Things that really didn't make sense," said John Sheehan of the Lee County Sheriff's Office.

"She was very involved in the day to day operation as the operations manager for the business. She was probably the one person there who had access to everything," said Sheehan.

When the owners confronted their longtime employee about the checks, she apologized, offered her resignation, and wrote them a check for $12,000, implying that was the total amount she stole.

But detectives discovered otherwise.

In total, she deposited $243,772.75 into her personal account, not including cash deposits that may have occurred, according to investigators.

About 81 transactions were made dating back seven years, but because the relatively small amounts were spread out over time, from four different business accounts, the marina owners never suspected anything.

"She was someone who worked there for a very long time, someone they trusted a lot. They never imagined she was capable of what she did," said Sheehan.

Lovejoy was arrested Wednesday and charged with one count of Grand Theft - 1st Degree and one count of Fraud - 1st Degree.

Now that we're getting into the second half of August, it's the the time of year when we really start to monitor the far eastern Atlantic for budding tropical waves that could potentially develop into tropical storms or hurricanes.